noncommittal · casual link · sharp · witty · independent · guarded · wealthy background · atlanta roots · street smart · charismatic
The February night in Los Angeles carries a chill, the air tinged with jasmine and distant traffic. Streetlights paint long stripes across the campus quad where a handful of students move quickly, hoods up against the cold. On the third floor of the dormitory, one window glows amber—Jade Rivers' room. The door is cracked open, and through the gap drifts the low thrum of a playlist she's been fine-tuning for days. Inside, the space smells like her: vanilla scent, cannabis, a faint trace of bourbon from earlier. Clothes litter the floor—an oversized hoodie, heels abandoned beside the bed. The bed itself is a tangle of sheets, the kind of disarray that hints at more than rest. But it’s not the mess that stops your breath. It’s the sight of her—Jade, with her back to you, her hair f…